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Good morning! Sorry to hear about the fires again 🙁 I hope this is the last time you have to deal with them!!
Minny pinny – good session here! ! She was totally figuring out to go around the 3 wings and over the bars when you added them. Yes, try to put the left/right verbals on – it took my brain a while to adjust the first cou;le of times I did it LOL!!! You can start sending her in on harder angles too, to get more bending 🙂
On the send’n’serp:
>>It was a struggle for her to determine what to wrap. I realized I never did proofing wraps and wonder if that’s part of our problem?>>I think it was more of a connection thing than a proofing thing – more eye contact on the sending and less motion will totally help! Here is what I mean:
when she was on your left, turning to her right: on the send, it will help her to commit if you make a stronger connection to her eyes as you step to the wing rather than look forward at the wing and point. The pointing tends to turn our shoulders to the serp jump in the moment, which is what happened at :26. At :30 you had a VERY clear connection and send and she was going – til you said “yes” and stepped away – and she looked at you like “does ‘yes’ mean cookie?” LOL!!
The next rep at :36 was rally nice – great connection and you moved away smoothly so she did the send and the serp really nicely! When you switched sides at :40, she did well!!! It looks like hte wing might have been closer to the jump, which totally helps. My only suggestion there is to keep moving parallel to the serp jump like you did on the last rep on the other side (:36). You pulled away from it a bit here, so staying close and parallel to it is more challenging 🙂The rewards for the individual wing turns looked good – it looks like all the rewards were coming from you hands on those, so she might be watching your hands a lot (value is shifted to coming to you). You can shift it back by tossing rewards out to the other side of the wing (opposite of you) to help her go to them even more independently.
When you revisited the sends’n’serps at 1:07 – the best reps were when you were very connected and not moving that fast, so she could process all the elements. On the send to the wing, you can have her sit at your side, you lead out one step – then connect and release. That can give her the picture of what you want as soon as she starts moving. Then, hold relatively still until she gets to the wing – then slide away slowly to the serp 🙂 Motion is distracting to the pups, so we can move slowly for now and then add back speed in a couple of sessions. It was clever to put the wings together on the last couple of reps! It allowed you to send and slide away – as you move the wing back out, dial back your motion so you are walking – that will show her the line and connection without her feeling the need to chase the momma 🙂
Let me know if that makes sense! You are doing a great job of keeping her rate of success high as you sort out the new stuff – the tricks and also the breaks to get rewards for just the wing were great training moments. She seemed happy to let you work through the harder stuff, thanks to the rewards 🙂
Tracy
A yard ornament LOL!!! Brilliant!!!! Hope you have a chance to pop in tomorrow but I am glad to see you here and also looking forward to seeing you live on Nov 8!!!
Tracy
Howdy! This should do it:
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And were you training AND holding the camera at the same time? Impressive!!!
TracyHi Lori! THis was great – you were kinda sideways as you cued the wraps, and that adds a nice commitment challenge! When you were rotated but not moving away fast, he was perfect. When you were rotated and moving fast, it was harder for him to commit to the wing, like at 1:24. So – keep that nice early rotation, but hold the position til he turns his nose around the wing before you move away.
His tunnel work was basically perfect – lovely commitment!! And yes, he was playing with the toy nicely (and not as serious about just working LOL!!) And also great job with the verbals!!!!
The next games either don’t involve running (the slice jump foundations and the left/right proofing can all be done pretty much standing still) and we can tweak the sends’n’serps so you don’t have to run – we will emphasize the send to the barrel. He is looking great so we can make it work for you without running 🙂
Great job!
TracyCool beans, I will post them up and narrate 🙂 They are vet-directed as pre-hab for a potential knee surgery 🙁
THi! I like them both LOL!!! I think they challenge him in different ways. On the stand he was trying to balance and kept putting his left him under him differently during the lead out – interesting!! I like the rep from the stay at 1:14 and the last rep from the stand. I *think* the sit reps were more powerful on the release and he strided better on them (different landing spot) so that is my current preference (the sit). However, the stands might percolate into being as good or better – he looked REALLY balanced but also uncomfortable because it isn’t a sit and that is what he was used to (‘this is weird, mom!’). So… work them both! And then when he is doing full height courses, you can choose which works better or even set up timers to see which is faster 🙂
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Hi! The live class is tomorrow, Sunday 10/4. The Zoom link will be posted here in about an hour, plus it will be emailed. See you tomorrow!
Tracy
